A special meeting of the Rainy River District School Board will be held today at 5:30 p.m. at Robert Moore School in order to make a final decision about the future of F.H. Huffman School. After several public consultations and meetings, the Accommodation Review Committee unanimously recommended in April that […]
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Wal-Mart in Fort Frances has made a donation of $5,920 to the Children’s Miracle Network. The money will help support 14 children’s hospitals across Canada in caring for the most critically-ill children. Staff here raised money through an in-store fundraising event, and part of the money raised was matched by […]
A 36-year-old female has been charged in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred here yesterday morning. Fort Frances OPP officers were called to the 600 block of King’s Highway around 8:30 a.m. to investigate the report of a male having been stabbed by a female. The male, 73, was […]
An 18-year-old Lake of the Woods Township male has been charged with careless handling of a firearm in connection with a hunting death back on Dec. 5 in Morson Township. Eric Olsen is scheduled to make his first court appearance July 10 in Rainy River, Fort Frances OPP reported this […]
Work has started on the site that soon will hold the new addition to St. Mary’s Church here. A construction crew began digging up the ground to run the power lines this past Thursday (June 19) so the task of laying the foundation can get underway. In the past few […]
The proposed building of a Boston Pizza restaurant on King’s Highway next to the Super 8 Motel is among the items town councillors will discuss tonight. Council is likely to consent to the company’s request for development because of the steps it already has taken to acquire the land and […]
A power outage that lasted about two-and-a-half hours here yesterday evening was unforeseen, Jorge Ruppenstein of the Fort Frances Power Corp. said this morning. “We’d like to apologize to all of the customers who were affected by this outage and thank them for their patience and understanding,” he remarked. Since […]
As people lined up at the Métis Hall here yesterday to pick up their food box from the “Healthy Living” program, they were able to take their food home in a new reusable tote. Previously, the program had been using various cardboard boxes, which often were not returned. The new […]
The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) is now open to the public. The office, located inside the post office, is ready to assist businesses and young workers with their summer employment needs. Service Canada Centres for Youth link youth and employers. They provide young people with job […]
For several years, Crime Stoppers’ programs across Ontario have been working to reach out to one of the province’s most vital resources—seniors. Because June has been designated “Seniors Month” in Ontario, and June 15 was recognized as “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day,” Crime Stoppers of Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota […]
Voyageurs National Park is initiating a study of the double-crested cormorant colony in Lake Kabetogama starting this month. This study, funded by the U.S. National Park Service, has four principle objectives: •determine population size and other demographic characteristics, including numbers of fledged young/produced per nest; •describe foraging behaviour of adult […]
The Rainy River District Breast Health Network held a charity barbecue Saturday at M&M Meat Shops on Second Street East. No stranger to holding such events, franchise owner and manager Chris McKinnon had a personal reason for staging this one. “My mom is a nurse that works underneath the [breast […]
